Boat and canoe.



H. L. HASKELL.

BOAT AND CANOE.

APPLlcATxoN FILED ocri la. 1911.

Patented Mar. 25,1919.4

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H. L. HASKELL.

BOAT AND CANOE.

APPLICATION FILED ocT.I3.I9I1.

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H. L. HASKELL.

BOAT AND CANOE.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. I3. 19u.

UNTTED sTATEs PATENT omi-Non.

HENRY L. HASKELL, OF l'.|U])ING'.l?ON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR T0 HASKELI'IE MANUFAC- TUBING- CORPORATION, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION 0F MICHIGAN.

BOAT AND CANOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

Application filed October 13, 1917. Serial No. 196,420.

To all whom z' may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. HASKELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ludington, county of Mason, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boats and Canoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in boats and canoes.

The main objects of this invention are:

First, to provide an improved boat or canoe which is light in weight and at the same time strong and rigid and capable of withstanding very severe shocks and strains.

Second, to provide an improved boat or canoe in which such seams o r joints as are present are formed sov that they are not likely 'to open when in use or when exposed to the weather.

Third, to provide an improved boat or canoe, the walls of which are formed from multiple-ply veneer, the plies of which are secured together by a waterproof glue or cement which renders the walls water proof 'and retains them in the form to which they are conformed.

Further objects, and objects relating to structural details, will .definitely appear from the detaileddescription to follow.

Iaccomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and means described in the following specification. The invention is clearly defined and pointed out in the claims.

Structures which include a preferred embodiment ofmy invention are clearly illustrated in the accompanying dra-wing, forming Ia part of this specification, in which:

Figure I is a side elevation of a canoe embodying my invention.

Fig. II is an enlarged detail section on a line corresponding to line 2-2 of Fig. III. Fig. III is an enlarged detail section on -a line corresponding to line 3-3 of Figs. I and II.

Fig. IV is an enlarged detail section on a line corresponding to line 1 /l of Fig. I. Fig. V is an enlarged .detail section on a line corresponding to line 5-5 'of Fig. I. Fig. VI is a detail plan view of the veneer blank from which the canoe is formed, the superimposed plies being broken away to show the disposition of the grain of the lies. p Fig. VII is a plan view of a slightly modified embodiment of my invention, the

modification being in the gunwaleg and in the width of the side pieces.

Fig. VIII is a side elevation of the embodiment of my invention shown in Fig. VII.

Fig. IX is a detail plan of a portion of a gunwale.

F ig. X is a de-tail vertical section on a line corresponding to line 10-10 of Fig. VII, showing details of the gunwale and of the walls.

Fig. XI is an enlarged detail section on a line corresponding to line 11-11 of Fig. VIII, showing further structural details.

Fig. XII is an enlarged detail longitudinal section on a line corresponding to line 12--112 of Fig. VII.

Fig. XIII is a detail horizontal section through one of the stems on a line corresppnding to line 13-13 of Figs. VIII and X I Fig. XIV is an enlarged detail section on a line corresponding to line 14-14A of Fig. VII, showing details of the seat support.

Fig. XV is an enlarged detail section on a line corresponding to line 15-15 of Fig. VII, showing details of the thwarts or cross members.

Fig. XVI .is an enlarged detail section on av line corresponding to line l6-16 of Fig. VII, showing further details of the thwarts or cross mem'bers.

Fig. XVII is a detail plan view of the veneer blank from which the canoe body is formed, the superimposed plies being partially broken away to show the disposition of the grain of the plies.

Fig. XVIII is a detail plan view similar to that of Fig. XVII, showing the plies arranged with the grain disposed in another relation.

Fig. XIX is a detail plan view similar to Vthat of Figs. XVII and XVIII, showing 'in the usual manner.

a4 cement or glue which isf waterproof but which softens under the action of heat,

thereby' permitting the 'conforming of the walls after the'sheets of veneer are built up The form employed `by, me and the means by which this heating is edected and the method or process of manufacture is made the subject matter of anotherV application and is vdescribed in de' tail in such application, and I, therefore, do not enter into such details herein.

The body, or wall, is preferably conformed from an integral blank 1 of veneer formed from three plies, as 2, 3, and 4, seev transversely. This arrangement of plies I generally prefer, although the plies may be arranged as shown in Fig. XVIII, in which the outer plies are disposed with the grain.

.running longitudinally and the inner ply with the grain lrtransversel'y. Thev blank shown in Fig. XIX is formed of two sec* tlons 5 but united at 6. These'sections are arranged with the-grain ruiming diagonally.

l The blank l of the embodiment of my invention shown in Figs. I to VI, inclusive, has outwardly curved longitudinal edges 7 and 'reversely curved end edges 8 which are united by a comparatively abrupt outwardly extending curve 8a. When the blank is conformed the sides are bulged or curved somewhat and the longitudinal edges then assume a substantially Vstraight line, as shown in Fig. I. The reversely curved ends are broughtk together to form the curved ends ofthe canoe, as shown in FigspI and II.

The longitudinal edges of the canoe are reinforced and heightened by the side strips 10, also formed of multiple-ply veneer, as shown in Fig. IV, the side strips being lapped upon these walls at their edges and secured by the rivets 11.

The inner stems 12 are disposed between the end edges of the walls which are secured thereto, as by `means of the rivets 13. The outer stems 12a are secured .to the inner stems 12 by means of screws 13 and abut theend edges ofthe walls. Cut-waters` 14 are secured to the outer stems, as shown in Figs. II and III.

The keel 15 is of such length as to'overlap r the inner stems and is secured thereto, as by screws, as shown in Fig. II. The outer stems are somewhat shorter than. the inner stems land abut the ends of the keel, the joint being overlapped by the cut-waters, as shown or short decks23, which are also formed of vtured are somewhat-wider for the same size of boat than that disclosed in Fig. VI, thereb making the curves 8a shallower and less abrupt than the corresponding. curves 8 shown in Fig. VI. By thus increasing the width of the blank the reinforcing side strips 10 need not be so wide as the reinforcing strip 10 shown in Fig. I. vTo prevent the bulging of the longitudinal edges when this wide blank is conformed V-shaped notches or strips 19 are formed therein. The reinforcing -strips 10 are secured to the upper edges of the walls by means ofthe rivets 11.

In this form of my invention I provide buta single stem 12 at each end of the boat.

These stems are disposed between the end edges of the walls, which are secured thereto by means of rivets 18, which also secure the cut-waters 14, which are channel shaped in cro section and fit over the ends of the walls and the stein, as shownin Fig. XIII.

vthe stem and is'secured thereto by screws,`

as shown in Fig. XdI. 4The gunwales 16 have longitudinal channels 17 in their under sides adapted to receive the edges of the ien-ce in manufacture the gunwales are formed of sections, as indicated in Fig. XI."V

gunw ale by means of the rod-like hangers 22.5, A

The end boards 23 are also formed of in ultiple plies of veneer secured by arranging the edges in the rabbetsof the gunwales, as

shown in Fig. V, or in the groove 24 in the.

inner edges of the` gunwales, as shown in Figs. XI and XIII.

By thus forming and arranging the parts,

I lprovide a boat or canoe structure which is light in weight and at the same time is strong and rigid and capable of withstand-v ing severe shocks and strains without opening its joints. The structure is economical to produce and very durable in use.

'I have illustrated and described my im.- provements as embodied in a canoe. It will e understood that the shape and size may be varied as desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: l

1; A boat comprising walls formed from iis multiple-ply veneer, inner stems disposed between and to which the end edges of the walls are secured, outer stems secured to said inner stems and abutting the end edges of the walls, cut-waters secured to said outer stems, a keel disposed to overlap the lower ends of said inner stem and abut the outer ends of said outer stems, the inner ends of said cut-water overlapping the joint between said keel and said outer stems, gunwales eX- tending from end to end and secured to the upper ends of said stems, the said gunwales being rabbeted on the under side to receive the longitudinal edges of the walls, and dec-ks formed of multiple ply-veneer the edges of which are secured in the rabbets of said gunwale.

2. A boat comprising walls formed from multiple-ply veneer, inner stems' disposed between and to which the end edges of the walls are secured, outer stems secured to said inner stemsand abutting the end edges of the walls, cut-waters secured to said outer stems, a keel disposed to overlap the lower ends of said inner stems land abut the outer ends of said outer stems, the inner ends of said cut-water overlapping the joint between said keel and said outer stems, and gunwales extendingl from end to end and secured to the upper ends of said stems, the said gunwales 4being rabbeted on the under side to receive the longitudinal edges of the walls.

3. A boat comprising walls formed from multiple-ply veneer, inner stems disposed between and to which the end edges of the walls are secured, outer stems secured to said inner stems and abutting the end edges of' said walls, cut-waters secured over said outer stems,.a keel disposed to overlap the lower ends of said inner stems and abut the lowel` end of said outer stems, said cut-water overlapping the joint between the keel and said outer stem, and gunwales extending from end to end and secured to the upper ends of said stems, and having longitudinal channels in their under sides embracing the longitudinal edges of the walls.

4. A vboat comprising walls conformed from an integral blank formed from a single sheet of three-ply veneer, the plies of versely curved, side strips of multiple-ply p veneer lapped upon and secured to the said longitudinal edges after the walls are conformed, inner stems disposed between and towhich the end edges of the walls are secured, outer stems secured to said inner stems and abutting the end edges of the walls, and gunwales extending -l:`rom end to end and secured to the upper. end of said stems.

5. A' boat comprising walls conformed from an integral blank formed from a single sheetjof three-ply veneer, the plies of which are united .throughout by waterproof glue, the longitudinal edges of the blank being outwardly curved and the end edges being reversely curved, side strips of multiple-ply veneer lapped upon and secured to the said longitudinal edges after the walls are conformed, inner stems disposed between and to which the end edges of the walls are secured, outer stems secured to said inner stems and abutting the end edges of the Walls, and gunwales extending from end to end and secured to the upper end of said stems.

6. A boat comprising Walls conformed from veneer, side strips lapped upon and W. H. HASKELL, E. L. EDWARDS. 

